The goal of Doing Right at Birth is to ensure that the child welfare reporting of birthing people is evidence-informed, ethical, anti-racist, and meeting (but not exceeding) state legal requirements.

Doing Right at Birth is a self-paced course for health professionals intended to guide learners in the legal, scientific, and ethical aspects of child welfare reporting. The course modules are presented by leading national experts on the topic and include stories from community members, case studies, and questions for reflection.  The goal of the course is to make interactions between birthing people who use drugs and both healthcare providers and the child welfare system more ethically sound, respectful, grounded in evidence, and within, but not exceeding, legal requirements.

Doing Right at Birth features the following videos:

• Introduction, Level Setting, and Roadmap
• Substance Use: Stigma, Treatment, and Recovery
• What do pregnant women and other birthing people, their families, & communities really need?
• Discrimination and the History of Family Separation in the US
• Mandated Reporting: Federal and State Legal Requirements
• Child Welfare Report and Consequence
• Strategies for Interrupting the Test & Report Chain